Namecheck alert: In his forthcoming Louisiana travel book Louisiana Rambles, Ian McNulty somehow recollects some possibly inebriated blather from me at Teddy's Juke Joint in his intro (down at the end). Also, in this month's Country Roads, editor James Fox-Smith puts me in his intro as well. I am the February 2011 king of introductory source material. Call me for your project! Reasonable rates apply. In the same issue of Country Roads, I take a shot at saying new things about perennial favorites The Chimes, Jazz Fest and the Manship Theatre.

When Funkadelic is good, they are the best band in the world. Also tzatziki sauce! It's what's for lunch every day from now on. Or at least on what's on.